ἄφαντος
áphantos · G855 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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invisible, unseen
(Derivative of ἀφανίζομαι ‘to become invisible,’) Pertaining to that which becomes invisible
ExamplesLuke 24:31 And then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀόρατος aóratos · G517 · what cannot be seen, invisible
- ἀόρατος means 'invisible, unseen' and is the standard Greek adjective for describing what cannot be seen. While ἄφαντος emphasizes the act of disappearing or vanishing from sight (becoming non-manifest), ἀόρατος emphasizes the inherent quality of being invisible or unable to be seen.
- κρυπτός kryptós · G2927 · in secret, privately
- κρυπτός means 'hidden, concealed, secret' and overlaps with ἄφαντος in describing something that is not visible or manifest. However, κρυπτός emphasizes deliberate concealment or secrecy, while ἄφαντος emphasizes the state of not being visible or having vanished.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ὁρατός horatós · G3707 · what can be seen, visible
- ὁρατός means 'visible, able to be seen' (from ὁράω, 'to see') and serves as the direct lexical opposite of ἄφαντος ('invisible, non-manifest'). This is a clear antonymous pairing of visible versus invisible.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Invisible, unseen24.28
- Used of something suddenly no longer visible, as of Jesus vanishing from the disciples' sight at Emmaus in Luke 24:31.
Word family 46 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀφαντον (from φαίνομαι), taken out of sight, made invisible: ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ' αὐτῶν,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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